“Newer is better” is the drumbeat that drives America. We have built an economic juggernaut on the assumption that a 10-year-old car, a four-year-old computer, or 2-year-old cell phone is unacceptable. Innovation, progress, novelty—these ingredients are not the meat and potatoes of our culture, but the stock itself. Our capacity for developing new things is remarkable and has produced an appetite for innovation we have yet to satisfy. The values of innovation, progress an